RAWALPINDI: Pishin’s Deputy Commissioner Hafiz Mohammad Tahir and Tehsil­dar Rafiq Tareen have been shifted to Islamabad from Quetta in connection with an investigation into verification of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s applications for Pakistani national identity card and passport.

Interior Minister Chau­dhry Nisar Ali Khan had iss­ued directives for the shifting of the two officials. They were brought to Islamabad on the PIA’s flight PK-352 on Thurs­day night by an FIA team.

Hafiz Tahir had verified the applications of Mullah Mansour using the name of Wali Mohammad while he was serving in Chaman as deputy commissioner.

An interior ministry spokesperson told Dawn that Hafiz Tahir had been summoned to Islamabad, but Rafiq Tareen had been arrested by the FIA team for investigation into the matter.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2016

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